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Legislation


2001 Regular Session

SENATE BILL 372

File Code: Primary and Secondary Education Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 358
Sponsored By:
Senators Conway, Blount, Collins, Della, Exum, Frosh, Green, Harris, Hogan, Hollinger, Hooper, Hughes, Jacobs, Lawlah, Mitchell, Munson, Pinsky, Sfikas, Stone, Teitelbaum, and Van Hollen
Entitled:
Education - Technology for Education Program - Nonvisual Access

Synopsis:

Requiring the State Superintendent of Education and the Department of Business and Economic Development to include a clause governing nonvisual access in invitations for bids, requests for proposals or grants, and procurement contracts or modifications of contracts for computer-based instructional technology that are to be developed or obtained for classroom use; specifying requirements that are to be included in the clause; authorizing specified alternatives under specified circumstances; etc.

History by Legislative Date

Senate Action
2/1
First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
2/14
Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
3/13
Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic and Environmental Affairs
3/14
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/16
Motion Returned Second Reading (Senator Collins) Adopted
Floor Amendment (Senator Middleton)
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/20
Third Reading Passed (46-0)
House Action
3/18
First Reading Ways and Means
3/28
Hearing 4/5 at 1:00 p.m.
Sponsored by:
Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43
Senator Clarence W. Blount, District 41
Senator Michael J. Collins, District 6
Senator George W. Della, Jr., District 47
Senator Nathaniel Exum, District 24
Senator Brian E. Frosh, District 16
Senator Leo E. Green, District 23
Senator Andrew P. Harris, District 9
Senator Patrick J. Hogan, District 39
Senator Paula C. Hollinger, District 11
Senator J. Robert Hooper, District 35
Senator Ralph M. Hughes, District 40
Senator Nancy Jacobs, District 34
Senator Gloria Lawlah, District 26
Senator Clarence M. Mitchell, IV, District 44
Senator Donald F. Munson, District 2
Senator Paul G. Pinsky, District 22
Senator Perry Sfikas, District 46
Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 7
Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19
Senator Christopher Van Hollen, Jr., District 18
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
BLIND PERSONS
BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF
COMPUTERS -see also- ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; ELECTRONIC GOVMNT.
CONTRACTS -see also- LAND INSTALLMENT CONTRACTS; PROCUREMENT
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION -see also- DRIVER ED; HIGHER ED; SPECIAL ED; etc
EDUCATION, STATE BOARD OF
GRANTS
INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGY
PROCUREMENT
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
RULES AND REGULATIONS
STUDENTS
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Education
( 7-901 , 7-910 , 8-408 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments:
Senate
Number: 203522/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 16, 2001   at: Noon     Status: Incomplete
Number: 794335/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 14, 2001   at: 11:04 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Roll Call Vote (Legislative date is shown):
Senate
March 20, 2001: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
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